ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on topics discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book shows how the Norweigan Intelligence Service (NIS), during the course of 25 years, grew from practically nothing to a multifaceted and comprehensive enterprise. It also tries to paint something like an ideal picture of such a service, and offer impressions of the degree to which the NIS was able to meet or approach such an ideal. The book discusses the communication problems which from time to time arose between the Intelligence Staff and the military staff units which were meant to convert information into the production of forces and operative planning. It also deals with the organisational aspects within the NIS. The book explains that inclusive analysis needs, firstly, material from other sources than the more narrowly focused military intelligence service and, secondly, opinions and ideas from resource personnel in other surroundings.
